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Quadruped CHEETAH Robot To Outrun Any Human

Posted by samzenpus on from the robot-gorillas-to-hunt-the-robot-cats dept.

cylonlover writes "Robots are faster than humans at a lot of things, but up until now running hasn't been one of them. That is set to change with robotics company Boston Dynamics recently awarded a contract by DARPA to design and build a quadraped CHEETAH robot that is faster than any human. The contract also includes the creation of an agile, bipedal humanoid robot. It's hard to say which one might ultimately be creepier."

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  1. The wheel called by trollertron3000 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The wheel called and said "Uhm, so fucking what? I was outrunning humans before there was language"

    I love how this is creepy, yet put wheels on it and it's normal. Legs? Creepy. Wheels? No big deal.

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